Case 1: Victims at the park

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Jan 5, 2024 5:39 am
OOC: Does the boy still have 1 wound after Seth heals him? Won't my 12 (luck spent) on act under pressure give any edge or stabilize the boy? I thought getting 12 in acting under pressure let's you get something extra. If the boy still have wound left, we will take him to the Infirmary to heal him.
Jan 5, 2024 12:39 pm
OOC:
This is where it gets a little grey area. Act under pressure is broad on purpose, so the same move that handles getting out of a burning building safe can handle picking a lock when a monster is searching for you (though if there was no monster normally you would just succeed because there is no pressure). This time, I'll say your act under pressure provides 1 more healing of harm to the teen, but normally the rules of healing state that you can only heal 1 harm with first aid, and then someone has to get hurt again for first aid to be used. Act under pressure never mentions being able to stabilize a wound, so only a hospital, Ajay's haven, or a move like the Divine's Lay On Hands or the Professional's Medic moves.

TLDR: I'll allow Ajay to heal 2 harm instead of 1 (margaret is performing first aid on Ajay instead of using magic to provide the other healing to the teen), but nothing performed stabilizes the teen. To satisfy the father, someone will need to help the teen to the hospital, or at the very least call an ambulance

On a different note, when any of you level up, 2 of the options you can take is to take a move from a different playbook. If you think it is important to be able to perform this kind of work in the future, or if Seth want to take it, you can use that option to take the Medic move from the professional. Keep in mind it doesn't say that you are acting under pressure, just that you roll +Cool, so your move to replace Cool in Act Under Pressure by RAW doesn't work, but we can talk about that
Jan 5, 2024 10:19 pm
OOC:
I healed Ajay. Seth and Ajay did some first aid on the boy. Can we call an ambulance for them? While we wait for the ambulance, can I use telepathy to make the boy and the father think that the boy was injured in some sort of accident? Like the boy, he tripped and cut his leg open on a sharp rock. Seth and Ajay saw it happen and were quickly healing the boy.
Jan 5, 2024 11:43 pm
OOC:
I think you can mess with them like that... Telepathy says you can put words in their head, not rewrite memory, so it won't be as perfect as that, but you can make them tell themselves it was a rock he tripped on instead of a knife that was thrown until they don't trust their memory very well.

Roll +Charm.
Success, they remember the knife and the rock, but tell themselves that they must be misremembering the event if they think someone would throw a knife in a forest.
Partial success, they remember the knife and the rock, but can't agree which is the truth but still remember if they try really hard
Failure, you reinforce the memory and they get angry when they see Margaret as they remember vividly she is who threw it

Small side note, I will say Seth and Ajay will see your eyes go black for just a little bit and know you did something, but what they do is up to them
Jan 6, 2024 12:03 am
OOC:
Rolling Charm using Luck.

Rolls

Charm - (2d6-1)

(63) - 1 = 8

Henry Clifftop

Ironmonger42

Jan 6, 2024 2:18 am
Henry Clifftop

Margaret hears the father think "These people are suspicious... I'll keep my gun out for now. I can't believe they threw a knife at my son..." she then mimics his voice and says in his head, But he tripped and hit his knee on a sharp rock." the man continues, "I thought they threw... But is that what happened? Did he just trip? Still, I feel like they are doing a lot... Am I misremembering something so recent?"

The same occurs with the teen boy
Jan 6, 2024 2:19 am
While this occurs, the teen's leg gets patched up by Ajay while Margaret helps Ajay. The teen's leg is still unstable, but he has no harm anymore.
OOC:
Ajay heals 1 harm but is still poisoned until he uses one of the two antivenoms he made earlier
Jan 6, 2024 5:49 am
Ajay tried his best in taking out the knife while cleaning and bandaging the wound. But, it is evident that without stitch and sutures this wound will open again. The boy needed medical attention something he could provide but not in the open like this. He washed his hand and stood up, "Don't worry, Sir. Your boy is fine now; however, better medical care is necessary. Let's call an ambulance so that he can be taken to the hospital. For now, his wounds are treated." He turned to the boy and asked, "How are you feeling now? Can you stand?"

As he wiped out his hand with handkerchief, he noticed Margaret's eyes go dark. Moments later his pain in the injury was reduced and he felt a bit better. He looked at Meg and smiled, "Thanks Meg, but don't over exert yourself."

He then turned to Seth and whispered, lowering his voice, "Seth, you take the father and son while I harvest something from the corpse. Let's go back to the Infirmary. I think we need a better plan for handling this crime scene. Daytime is not helping us with all the people outside that are getting into the crossfire."

Jason Clifftop

Ironmonger42

Jan 6, 2024 1:26 pm
Jason Clifftop

The teen slowly stands up and uses his father as a crutch so he only puts pressure on the uninjured leg. "Thank you sir. Everything that just happened is a blur. I thought there was a knife involved, but now I'm not so sure. Must be all the stress of school. Maybe it was just a really sharp rock. I appreciate the first aid."
Jan 6, 2024 1:27 pm
A quick reminder that there seems to be something else in this park. Are you going to leave?
Jan 6, 2024 3:24 pm
Once the boy and father leave, Mags grabs the knife back from Ajay and wipes off the blood on the grass.
"I am sorry. I don't know what happened. She sighs but is still visibly shaken I saw spiders everywhere; they were falling off that thing and crawling all over me. I panicked."
Jan 6, 2024 3:37 pm
Ajay smiled at Margaret and gently squeezed her shoulder, "I know, I understand. You don't have to apologise; just be careful Meg. Now, what should we do? Do we retreat and come back later or do we push on? What do you think Meg?"

OOC: What do Seth and Meg want to do now? I am leaning towards returning, but if the group wants to proceed, I can continue. I will use the antivenom then.
Jan 6, 2024 4:24 pm
We need to finish this here. We need to stay together and take it down fast. Collect what we need and leave." Mags stores her knife.
Use me as bait. The last spider said, The mother wanted me."
OOC:
We need to collect the other venom sack of the one we killed to make more antivenom. I say we kill this one, Regroup, make more antivenom, and then head to the last hunting spot.
Jan 8, 2024 1:44 pm
Seth nods to them both and stands up. He pulls out his phone and dials, then says, "Sir, we have called an ambulance for your son. It will be arriving shortly. If the two of you could please head towards the parking lot you should be able to get into it as soon as you arrive. Don't worry about the cost of the ride, we will cover that. Get well soon, son." he then turns away as the call is answered and briefly speaks to someone on the other end. He closes his phone, conversation completed, and nods to the other two to have them follow him a bit away from the father and son. He says to both of them in a bit more than a whisper, "Let's get that venom sack once they get far enough away, then move on. There is more than one creature at this park, I saw movement in the treetops further that way. Our job isn't done yet. Ajay please tell me that you are carrying the antivenom with you."
Jan 8, 2024 3:49 pm
Ajay could feel his hands getting stiff as he started massaging his hands. "I did bring the antivenoms, but unfortunately I got poisoned, and thus I will need to use one now. I can harvest more now that I know where to look. If we are planning to get the other one now, then be careful; I will have one more antivenom only." He brought out an injector and loaded the antivenom inside it, After placing it on the skin, he injected the serum with a grunt. It will take 10 to 15 minutes to completely neutralise the effects of the venom, but at least he is going to survive. Bringing out his surgical tools, he started to dissect the big corpse of the spider.

OOC: I am going to roll Investigate a mystery but do I need to roll separately for the venom glands or will it be automatic? Also, I believe, I am not taking the -1 ongoing penalty anymore as I used the antivenom? Damn! That's the highest possible roll!
Last edited January 8, 2024 3:50 pm

Rolls

Investigate a mystery - (2d6+2)

(66) + 2 = 14

Jan 8, 2024 6:00 pm
Ajay expertly removes the venom gland due to experience with it before. He has another venom gland, but will need the lab's tools to synthesise more anti-venom.
OOC:
As you made antivenom before, I'll say it is automatic to get the gland out and you know how to make 2 per gland. Since you rolled investigate a mystery, you can ask 2 questions from the move looking at the corpse. If it is something you can figure out with the coprse in front of you but no lab tools, I'll answer them.
[ +- ] Investigate a Mystery
I may recommend "What sort of creature is it?" and maybe "What was it going to do?" but feel free to ask different questions.
Jan 8, 2024 6:13 pm
OOC: Yeah, I will choose What sort of creature is it but I do want to find it's nest, so would "Where did it go?" give me any information on it's location, like a possible web trail that we can trace back to it's nest? If not, then I would choose "What was it going to do", because that will also give pertinent information.
Jan 8, 2024 8:05 pm
Ajay examines the body and goes through any notes he can pull up on his phone, which is connected to his computer back at the haven. Hearing Margaret mention what it said through her telepathy, Ajay is able to narrow down that this spider is known as a "Child of the Spider Shepherd" and is known to infest forests and take excess back to the "shepherd" as the notes keep saying. As far as its location, Ajay uses the map app on his phone to say that the most likely location it would have come from before coming here is a forest about 10 miles north of the city people call "Weeping Woods", as ghost stories say that women used to go there to cry when their hearts were broken and spirits would comfort them (or deepen their sorrow until they died... depends on the story). This is because it is the deepest forest that is roughly equidistant from the 3 sites the missing people were last seen at.

About this time, something goes wrong with Ajay's phone and his connect is too poor to research further. He'll have ot wait to do more.
Jan 9, 2024 6:05 am
Ajay was feeling better as the minutes passed by. He reloaded his magnum, collecting the spent brass casings while putting in fresh rounds. He then wore latex gloves and started dissecting the different glands, thereby collecting the venom sacs, and continued further to understand the anatomy and mystery of the creature. He consulted his phone, sometime taking pictures and sometime taking notes.

Once the dissection was done and the glands collected, he took off his gloves and started searching on the phone about their current location. "Does Child of Spider Shepherd ring any bells to you two?" He questioned Seth and Margaret. "It seems these creatures match the description of some local occultic myth monster known as the Child of Spider Shepherd. Said to reside in the a forest called Weeping Woods. Based on our location and the three crime scene, I am triangulating the location of this Weeping Wood and it seems to be 10 miles north of here. You know, we can find the mother there. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves; we need to hunt the remaining one."

At this point, his phone his phone glitched and died down, "Damn! My phone is down. Maybe we can learn more back at my place. How is everyone doing? Are you all doing fine? Should we proceed?"
Jan 9, 2024 5:26 pm
We need to find out more about this Spider Shepherd, but we need to deal with the other creep here first. I don't want it to attack someone else. We should hit it hard and fast." She does finger guns. "Pew Pew. Dead.
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